Shilling 1839 No WW on truncation, as ESC 1283, Bull 2979, but the A in VICTORIA with no left base serif, also the T in VICT has half an upright and only traces of a base, also the F in F:D: has part of the base missing. unusual, EF/GEF starting to tone

Shilling 1850 50 over 49 or 46 ESC 1297, Bull 2997/2998, the obverse having the first I in VICTORIA missing it's lower right serif, we note two previously sold examples on our database show this serif to be weak or missing on this very rare type, VG, the reverse a touch better, very difficult to find in any grade

Halfcrown 1697 First Bust, Large Shields, Later Harp, with E over larger E in GVLIELMVS as ESC 541, Bull 1021 strong VF with an old and colourful tone, some old scratches are present on BR.FRA, these possibly made at the time of minting as there is a corresponding weakness on III.DEI on the obverse

Maundy Set 1914 ESC 2531, Bull 3974 UNC and lustrous with a matching golden tone, the Threepence with a hairline scratch on the reverse, the Twopence with a small rim nick, comes in a square red contemporary Maundy Money case

Bank of Englandcollection of litho-prints and other printed material mostly depicting original designs of scenes and faces found on Bank of England notes, including a set of 4 limited edition prints of Sir John Houblon, Michael Faraday, Charles Dickens & George Stephenson taken from the original drawings by Roger Withington set number 262 of only 500 sets, a set of 8 very large prints taken from paintings and illustrations by Harry Eccleston OBE, showing master portrait of Sir Christopher Wren, preliminary illustration of Sir Isaac Newton, pencil & wash drawing of the Duke of Wellington, William Shakespeare, master drawing of Florence Nightingale, Romeo & Juliet balcony scene from the reverse of the £20, master illustration for the reverse of the £5 issued from 1971 & master drawing in pencil & wash showing Florence Nightingale ministering to the sick, a further set of 7 smaller prints (A4) of drawings and designs also by Harry Eccleston OBE also showing images and vignette's from Bank of England banknotes, a set of 9 banking related prints many showing images of the Bank of England, a largescale sheet showing 4 different illustrations of Britannia found on Bank of England notes, number 179 of 500 issued, also copies of the Daily Mail from 1912 and 2 newspaper copies from the second world war, Daily Express dated 1941 and News Chronicle dated 1941, a very attractive and interesting lot

Crown 1847 GothicPlain Edge ProofESC 291, 27.97 grammes, UNC with minor cabinet friction, and with an attractive and colourful tone, with much eye appeal, the plain edge with some small scratches not visible from either obverse or reverse

The Rescued Scandinavian World War IIGold Reserves Denmark 20 Kroner 1915 (h) VBP UNC boxed with certificate, Gibraltar 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black Stamp 2015 a 2-piece set comprising One Tenth Crown in gold Proof FDC and Penny Black Stamp in protective holder, in a London Mint Office of issue with certificate, Niue 50 Dollars 2015 10 ounce silver bar, SS Gairsoppa UNC in a London Mint Office box with certificate, Gibraltar Ten Pounds 2015 50th Anniversary of the Death of Sir Winston Churchill Gold Proof FDC in capsule with London Mint Office certificate, Tristan da Cunha 2015 Queen Elizabeth II Longest Reigning Monarch collection Crowns a 4-coin set each coin with a different portrait of Queen Elizabeth II 12 grammes of .925 silver, Proof FDC in a London Mint Office box with certificate, Winston Churchill - Inspiration to a Nation Gibraltar 2015 Two Pounds (4 coins of a 6 coin set) each with a different portrait of Churchill on the reverse, Prooflike UNC in silver plated bronze, in the London Mint Office folder of issue, along with an additional 'We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches' reverse coin from the same set, this in an additional London Mint Office folder, Crowns (6) 1965 (3), 1977 Silver Jubilee (3), A/UNC to UNC, Silver Jubilee Medal 1977 UNC in slide case, and Silver Threepence 1883 VG in London Mint pouch

Shilling 1697 First Bust E over N below bust, unlisted by Bull, ESC or Coincraft, listed under Spink 3500, Good Fine with some haymarking, Very Rare, the overstrike very clear, our database states that this is the first we have handled

Halfcrown 1697E Large Shields, Normal Harp ESC 547 About Fine, Shilling 1696C R of GRA over inverted A ESC 1082A VG with an edge nick and a scratch on the obverse, rated R4 by ESC, the first example of this variety we have handled

Shilling 1697 GVLELMVS errorESC 1093 VG/approaching Fine, a very clear and even example with no problems, an excessively rare variety, rated R5 by ESC, our archive database shows that this the first we have offered in 14 years

Penny 1864 Crosslet 4 Peck 1664 with 239/136 scratched in the obverse field, toned UNC with traces of lustre and a few small spots. The numbers were scratched into the field during the mastership of Professor Thomas Graham (1855-1869) have been shown by G.P.Dyer to represent overall output in tons of bronze coin minted since 1860 (the higher figure) and output in tons of that particular denomination since 1860 (the lower figure) This is not the example pictured in Michael Gouby's 'The British Bronze Penny' - Specialised Edition (Page 49) but displays a superb sharp strike. A highly desirable piece of Victorian bronze coinage history, as stated by Gouby there are only 2 examples known, this, Ex-D.W.Grey 20/10/1971, Lot 111, Ex-Seaby Bulletin, September 1974, item K162, Ex-Sotheby Auction 9/10/1979 Lot 257, Ex-Michael Freeman, and one other, the other example illustrated in Gouby's book being the Ex-Norweb, Ex-A.H.F.Baldwin example, described by Spink as 'Extremely Fine and attractively patinated'. A total of 34 'scratched field' bronze coins are recorded of all dates and denominations, made up of 20 Pennies, 7 Halfpennies and 7 Farthings. Of the 20 Pennies, 12 are known to be in the British Museum Collection, this being one of the remaining 8 available to commerce. An extremely rare opportunity to bid on a piece of Victorian numismatic history. We note a standard currency 1864 Crosslet 4 Penny in UNC sold in our March 2014 auction (Lot 1844) for £3978 inclusive of buyers premium.

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